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But the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled late Thursday that because of the law's potential impact on minority voters, it would not allow Florida to put the changes in place in five Florida counties covered by federal voting laws.

The 119-page ruling did say there were ways that the state could ultimately come up with a plan to change early voting that would not adversely affect minority voting rights.

Still, the ruling raises the prospect that Florida will have two different types of early voting for this year's crucial presidential election.

Just another moron sitting on the bench that is not fit to hold that position. After we clean up Washington then we need to clean out these clowns that think there job is to make up the laws as they go along.

The Republicans will lie (Romney/Ryan on Medicare), cheat (voter suppression by Republican governors), and steal (SCOTUS in Bush vs. Gore) to win an eletion. They have given up getting elected fairly because the voters know that the GOP are all about taking away their rights, healthcare, jobs & money.

The GOP wants a plutocracy. They have picked the biggest plutocrat there is in Romney, and Ryan can't wait to take away all of womens' rights to their self control.

That's why I'll be going back to my white drawing board. After 220 some years, any engine would need a tune-up. The Constitution has served us well but is now subject to the whims of a 5-4 partisan SCOTUS, either way. Several amendment, especially the 10th IMO are in dire need of restructuring. As you've noted in the past, so is the 4th.

In other news, I believe in a 21st century type of Peace Corps where all Americans are required to give service in their fields of expertise. As a retired teacher, I continue to do this. We need a National model for each state to deal with its failed public pension system. It's late.

Bravo to the FL judges who recognized that: (1) the "Conservative Republican Party" and its Tea Party wingnuts have racial animus towards President Obama and anyone suspected of giving him electoral support, and (2) the "Conservative Republican Party" is racist.

Hopefully, unlike the PA judge, judges in other states will prevent the "Conservative Republican Party" from disenfranchising American voters.

NO MORE POLL TAXES!!

NO MORE VOTER SUPPRESSION!!

NO MORE SUBVERSION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT!!

The "Conservative Republican Party" despises the United States Constitution.

Bravo to the FL judges who recognized that: (1) the "Conservative Republican Party" and its Tea Party wingnuts have racial animus towards President Obama and anyone suspected of giving him electoral support, and (2) the "Conservative Republican Party" is racist.

Hopefully, unlike the PA judge, judges in other states will prevent the "Conservative Republican Party" from disenfranchising American voters.

NO MORE POLL TAXES!!

NO MORE VOTER SUPPRESSION!!

NO MORE SUBVERSION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT!!

The "Conservative Republican Party" despises the United States Constitution.

The REAL reason the judge is overturning this is because it will reduce voter fraud, which would erase the typical 5% boost that the Democratic party enjoys in every election.

Where does this judge get the idea that there is a racial component here? Is there an assumption that poor blacks are not smart enough to get a photo ID but poor whites are? Talk about your racist attitudes. We see now which party is the party of racism.

this makes florida's republican legislature and terrible gov. rick scott about 0 for 15 in the federal courts.

they pass ridiculious unconstitutional laws, like voter reform, and the courts throw them out, one after another costing tax payers a million so far in legal fees. of course the law firms being used are politically connected to the republican party.

It's a government sponsored employment plan for lawyers run by florida republicans.

Just my opinion but requiring some sort of ID on polling day is not an unrealistic or onerous burden.

However, the 2012 stampede in Republican-controlled state governments to quickly "fix" something that is not proved to be broken says alot. If those legislatures had put some clause(s) in their bills that would delay implementation or "phase in" early voting, absentee voting and voter ID laws over several years, they might have gotten away with it.

As it stands though, the intent of Republican state legislators is clear--though they would never admit it--and it has nothing to do with fighting voter impersonation fraud, for which there is little evidence.

Shame on them for this cynical grab. In addition, shame on them for wasting valuable legislative time--paid for by the state taxpayer--for purely political purposes.

Perhaps Governor Scott will expand early voting in ALL of Florida so that there aren't certain counties that vote early while others that are not. That is what happened in Ohio where the SOS changed it so that ALL of Ohio will have the same hours of early voting.

I am sure you are aware that rural and poor voters are disproportionately minority. I am just as certain that you believe people who live in rural communities or are poor have only themselves to blame.

But democracy--even our representative democracy--does not judge a person's right to vote based on their income, their choice of residence, their cultural, religious or ethnic background, their status as "useful" or literate citizens, their choice to frequently interact with society (or not), or the color of their skin. The criterium, the only criterium, is that they are US citizens.

Since there is little evidence that actual voter impersonation fraud amounts to more than a handful of cases a year, perhaps you can exlain to me why the sudden stampede this year, only in Republican-controlled states, to enact legislation, with immediate implementation, that has no other intent except to suppress the rural, poor and minority vote.